POLITICIAN

José Mujica

1935 - Today

José Mujica

José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse muˈxika]; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan farmer and retired politician who served as the 40th President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was imprisoned for 12 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Mujica has received more than 2,239,919 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). José Mujica is the 388th most popular politician (down from 333rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Uruguay and the most popular Uruguayan Politician.

Mujica is most famous for being the president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. He is also known for being a former member of the Tupamaros, a left-wing guerrilla group that was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

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2.2M
Page Views (PV)
80.38
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
77
Languages Editions (L)
7.16
Effective Languages (L*)
4.31
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Mujica ranks 388 out of 15,710. Before him are Artaxerxes I of Persia, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Vitellius, Didius Julianus, Raúl Castro, and Mustafa II. After him are Louis X of France, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Willy Brandt, Tiberius Gracchus, Woodrow Wilson, and Richard II of England.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Artaxerxes I of Persia
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 382
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1946 - Present
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 383
Vitellius
15 - 69
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 384
Didius Julianus
133 - 193
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 385
Raúl Castro
1931 - Present
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 386
Mustafa II
1664 - 1703
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 387
José Mujica
1935 - Present
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 388
Louis X of France
1289 - 1316
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 389
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
1920 - 2020
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 390
Willy Brandt
1913 - 1992
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 391
Tiberius Gracchus
163 BC - 133 BC
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 392
Woodrow Wilson
1856 - 1924
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 393
Richard II of England
1367 - 1400
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 394

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, José Mujica ranks 7. Before him are Elvis Presley, Alain Delon, 14th Dalai Lama, Luciano Pavarotti, Woody Allen, and Salman of Saudi Arabia. After him are Mahmoud Abbas, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Donald Sutherland, Michel Aoun, Hussein of Jordan, and Julie Andrews.

Others Born in 1935

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Elvis Presley
1935 - 1977
HPI: 88.09
Rank: 1
Alain Delon
1935 - Present
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 2
14th Dalai Lama
1935 - Present
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 3
Luciano Pavarotti
1935 - 2007
HPI: 84.55
Rank: 4
Woody Allen
1935 - Present
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 5
Salman of Saudi Arabia
1935 - Present
HPI: 82.55
Rank: 6
José Mujica
1935 - Present
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 7
Mahmoud Abbas
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 8
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 9
Donald Sutherland
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 10
Michel Aoun
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 11
Hussein of Jordan
1935 - 1999
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 12
Julie Andrews
1935 - Present
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 13